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Overview
A round of severe weather hit the southern portions of Central Pennsylvania during the afternoon of June 9th, 2009. This event was comprised mostly of hail. There were a few reports of golf ball to half dollar sized hail around Christiana in southeastern Lancaster county. A full listing of storm reports is shown below.
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1020 PM EDT TUE JUN 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 PM HAIL DUNCANNON 40.40N 77.03W
06/09/2009 E1.00 INCH PERRY PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN DUNCANNON.
0141 PM HAIL DUNCANNON 40.40N 77.03W
06/09/2009 E1.00 INCH PERRY PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR DUNCANNON
0148 PM HAIL 2 S DUNCANNON 40.37N 77.03W
06/09/2009 E0.75 INCH PERRY PA EMERGENCY MNGR
PENNY SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF DUNCANNON.
0200 PM HAIL 1 N HARRISBURG 40.29N 76.88W
06/09/2009 E0.88 INCH DAUPHIN PA BROADCAST MEDIA
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY WHTM TV
0212 PM HAIL HARRISBURG 40.28N 76.88W
06/09/2009 E0.75 INCH DAUPHIN PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZED HAIL NEAR HARRISBURG
0212 PM HAIL 1 E HARRISBURG 40.28N 76.87W
06/09/2009 E1.00 INCH DAUPHIN PA TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL BETWEEN NICKEL AND QUARTER SIZED JUST EAST OF
HARRISBURG
0215 PM HAIL LEWISBERRY 40.14N 76.86W
06/09/2009 E0.88 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZED HAIL NEAR LEWISBERRY
0215 PM HAIL 3 NW GAP 40.02N 76.06W
06/09/2009 E1.25 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL NICKEL, QUARTER, AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE IN KINZERS
0220 PM HAIL HARRISBURG 40.28N 76.88W
06/09/2009 E1.00 INCH DAUPHIN PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR HARRISBURG
0221 PM HAIL ENOLA 40.29N 76.94W
06/09/2009 E0.75 INCH CUMBERLAND PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZED HAIL NEAR ENOLA
0226 PM HAIL GAP 39.99N 76.02W
06/09/2009 E0.88 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZED HAIL NEAR GAP
0230 PM HAIL MIDDLETOWN 40.20N 76.73W
06/09/2009 E0.88 INCH DAUPHIN PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL HAIL NEAR MIDDLETOWN
0241 PM HAIL 4 SW CHRISTIANA 39.91N 76.05W
06/09/2009 E1.75 INCH LANCASTER PA EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL SW OF CHRISTIANA.
0255 PM HAIL FAYETTEVILLE 39.91N 77.57W
06/09/2009 E0.88 INCH FRANKLIN PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN FAYETTEVILLE.
0256 PM HAIL GREENCASTLE 39.79N 77.73W
06/09/2009 E1.00 INCH FRANKLIN PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN GREENCASTLE.
0315 PM HAIL GETTYSBURG 39.83N 77.23W
06/09/2009 E0.88 INCH ADAMS PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN GETTYSBURG.
0322 PM HAIL CHRISTIANA 39.95N 76.00W
06/09/2009 E1.25 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN CHRISTIANA.
0335 PM HAIL WAYNESBORO 39.75N 77.58W
06/09/2009 E0.88 INCH FRANKLIN PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WAYNESBORO.
0345 PM HAIL QUARRYVILLE 39.90N 76.16W
06/09/2009 E0.75 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN QUARRYVILLE.
0440 PM HAIL DELTA 39.73N 76.33W
06/09/2009 E0.75 INCH YORK PA PUBLIC
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